The Sicatoka

I hope Blais' team is looking ahead ...

I think he knew/knows he was/is playing for a spot ... on next year's roster. When he gets the first one to go the flood gates will open (and I was sure O'D had set him up for it in Fargo).

We can't talk about that Summit school because they did the unthinkable -- they dropped football and wrestling (two programs that needed significant subsidies at that particular school*) and went with ice hockey (something that may have a shot at gating expenses there*) instead. *This sentence only speaks to circumstance at a particular school, interests, and fan base. Your mileage may vary.

Don't you mean he has some "filthy mitts"?

1-0 RIT end of one.

This BC team looks nothing like BC teams of the past I'm used to seeing. This version looks slow and tentative; past versions played race horse hockey. RIT kills off another penalty (two on the day). 1-0 RIT. And right on cue RIT takes another penalty.

... and they've since missed an empty net (should be 2-0 but no).

He looks like he's really fighting the puck. And gee ... I wonder if Melrose will notice there's a lot of space over Jailette's shoulders when he goes down.

If my choice is Bucci and Barry doing college hockey or this approach ( http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/otl/news/story?id=5906858) I'd take the latter.

So you missed the reference to the University of Denver as "DU".

Not Villains, but ... Scoundrels ... using the black hat theme. (Note the three letters in the middle of sco-und-rels.)

But calling Southern California "SoCal" should be considered as vile as the term "NoDak".

Is Mafia in Scheels in a CCCP sweater?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I25Wp6ZLk7Y "My name is General Stephane Pattyn, commander of the Hockey Army of the North, General of the North Dakota Hockey Legions, loyal servant to the true hockey empire, North Dakota. Mentor to relentless teammates, husband to a murdered logo. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next."

No, not that extreme. But say you want to be the Wildcats (gag): You'd better not show up to the USPTO with the same (lame) logo as Kentucky or UNH when you try to trademark it as distinct, and unique, and yours. At the USPTO link you can read up more about trademarks in their "Trademark Basics" (pretty easy).

Uh-huh ... That tail of the bell curve of where people are at will always exist.

The Kubler-Ross Model: Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance I know as a fan base we're individually unique as to where each is at, but as a whole I think we're mainly through depression and moving into acceptance. Getting something (anything) new to rally around* and fully get out of depression is a key step to put the loss behind us as a whole. *You can't rally around a nothing because all it does is remind you what was there ... and depress you.

How much did the owner of the coffee bar pay you?

Who audits the auditors.

gfhockey is out before he was ever in.

If folks are blowing up at the thought of the Frozen Faceoff in Sioux Falls ... I wondered if the NCAA would put a regional in Scheel's Arena in Fargo, why wouldn't they put one in "The Little Ralph" in Thief River Falls.

And those folks (behind Cratter in his picture) will be sure to be complaining about how they stood in line and didn't get stubs. C'mon ... do the math. Best as I can guess (and based on Cratter's earlier post and my driving past), you had to be in line about 0500 Thursday morning to have a shot.

"You do not know the power of The Schwartz." http://movieclips.com/PWVBE-spaceballs-movie-i-see-your-schwartz-is-as-big-as-mine/

I had opportunity during my travels to float on by between 0630 and 0700. I saw at least a half dozen tents and the line went from the doors (SW corner of building) across the entire south side to beyond the SE corner of the building. If Cratter is #70 in line, and everyone in line buys two tickets, they're sold out.

< jumping into same rabbit hole > The apex predator raptor of the region is the great horned owl, aka the hoot owl. So gfhockey, how do you feel about hoo ... nevermind. And since we're down the rabbit hole, I actually saw a bald eagle cruising over a section of the Sheyenne River during my travels just the other day. (Here's where someone mentions that raptor is on the state flag ... ) < / rabbit hole >